A lovely small-trim edition of the award-winning "Atlas of Remote Islands"
"The Atlas of Remote Islands," Judith Schalansky's beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in her heart throughout her lifelong love of cartography, has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere. Using historic events and scientific reports as a springboard, she creates a story around each island: fantastical, inscrutable stories, mixtures of fact and imagination that produce worlds for the reader to explore.
Gorgeously illustrated and with new, vibrant colors for the "Pocket "edition, the atlas shows all fifty islands on the same scale, in order of the oceans they are found. Schalansky lures us to fifty remote destinations--from Tristan da Cunha to Clipperton Atoll, from Christmas Island to Easter Island--and proves that the most adventurous journeys still take place in the mind, with one finger pointing at a map.

216 pages with 65 total maps Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Arthur County, Nebraska, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries. Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds. The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s. What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . . 2091 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map) plus . . . Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc. What YEARS are these maps for? Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued: DecadeParcel-count 1900s14 1910s1886 1920s170 1930s6 1940s1 1950s4 What Cities and Towns are in Arthur County, Nebraska (and in this book)? Arthur, Bucktail, Calora, Lena, Lyons Place, McKeag, Rounds Place, Velma

180 pages with 59 maps An indispensable book for any researcher interested in Nacogdoches County's history or land (or both), or its first landowners after Texas's Independence from Mexico. Each book in this series is laid out into multiple maps using a 6 mile high by 4 mile wide grid.This book contains 54 Survey maps laid out within this grid. Each Land Survey Map shows the boundaries of original parcels laid out over existing roads, railroads, waterways. These are shown as well as the original Survey-Name and the Abstract Number assigned by the Texas General Land Office to the instrument that gave ownership to that parcel. Here are a number of details about our Nacogdoches County book . . . Supplemental Maps Included (in addition to the primary Survey Maps) . . . - Where Nacogdoches County Lies Within the State (Map A) - Nacogdoches County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B) - An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps are within Nacogdoches County (Map C) - An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows the community-center points in relationship to the county-grid (Map D) - An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows cemeteries listed in the USGS database in relationship to the county-grid (Map E) Primary Indexes (apart from each Survey-Map's own index of survey-names) - An All-Name Index (alphabetical by last-name) for every person mentioned in the maps, utilizing both Texas General Land Office and Texas Railroad Commission data. - The Abstract Listing: this is where you find the real details behind each parcel of land.Items are listed by Abstract Number What Cities and Towns are in Nacogdoches County, Texas (and in this book)? Alazan, Appleby, Attoyac, Bonaldo, Bonita Junction, Caro, Cedar Point, Central Heights, Chireno, Clear Springs, Climax, County Line, Cushing, Dextra, Douglass, Eden, Etoile, Fitze, Fredonia Hill, Garrison, Happy Valley, Harmony, Hayward Junction, Holly Springs, La Cerda, Lacyville, Lilbert, Linn Flat, Looneyville, Mahl, Martinsville, Melrose, Nacogdoches, Nat, North Redland, Oak Flat, Oak Ridge, Orton Hill, Pisgah, Plainview, Pleasant Hill, Poe, Redfield, Sacul, Shady Grove, Shirley Creek, Suttons Mill, Swift, Trawick, Whispering Pines, Winter Hill, Woden

National Geographic Wall Maps offer a special glimpse into current and historical events, and they inform about the world and environment. Offered in a variety of styles and formats, these maps are excellent reference tools and a perfect addition to any home, business or school. There are a variety of map options to choose from, including the world, continents, countries and regions, the United States, history, nature and space. Scale : 1:6,400,000 Flat Size : 762 x 1067 mm.

This fascinating plan of Birmingham in 1778, just after the opening of Birmingham's first canal in 1769, when folded out measures 890mm x 1000mm. It will be a great resource for local historians, family historians and all those interested in the City of Birmingham. Digitally re-mastered in colour from the original, it captures this famous manufacturing town at a time of rapid expansion. The map has been meticulously re-produced from the antique original and printed on 90 gsm "Progeo" paper which was specially developed as a map paper. It has high opacity to help reduce show through and a cross grain giving it greater durability to as the map is being folded.

This folded map (890mm x 1000mm when unfolded) is an ideal souvenir for tourists to Cambridgeshire and also a valuable reference resource for local and family history research. It includes 4 Historic maps of Cambridgeshire, John Speed's County Map of Cambridgeshire 1611, Johan Blaeu's County Map of Cambridgeshire 1648, Thomas Moule's County Map of Cambridgeshire 1836 and a detailed Plan of Cambridge 1836 by Thomas Moule. All the maps have been meticulously re-produced from antique originals and printed on 90 gsm "Progeo" paper which was specially developed as a map paper. It has high opacity to help reduce show through and a cross grain giving it greater durability to as the map is being folded.

Detailed and fascinating survey map of Birmingham's Canal Navigations re-worked from the rare Hancox original dated 1864. The map folds out to a large 1000mm x 890mm size that is sharp and legible, detailing all the canal navigations covering South Staffs, and part of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The map is printed on 90 gsm "Progeo" paper which was specially developed as a map paper. It has high opacity to help reduce show through and a cross grain giving it greater durability to as the map is being folded.

445 pages with 89 total maps Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Canadian County, Oklahoma, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries. Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds. The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s. What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . . 6557 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map) 28 Cemeteries plus . . . Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc. What YEARS are these maps for? Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued: DecadeParcel-count 1890s4537 1900s1791 1910s925 1920s665 1930s240 1940s31 1950s75 1960s55 What Cities and Towns are in Canadian County, Oklahoma (and in this book)? Banner, Calumet, Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency (historical), Concho, El Reno, Karns, Mustang, Niles, Piedmont, Powers, Richland, Scott, Union City, Yukon

The National Geographic political world map is the perfect addition to any home, business or school. This version offers a new perspective, featuring the Pacific Ocean at the centre of the map. The world is laid out in bright, easy-to-read colours and fonts, as well as rich detail, thousands of place names and borders drawn with the utmost accuracy. Scale 1:36,384,000. Tubed. 117 x 76.2 cm. Scale : 1:36,384,000 Flat Size : 1168 x 762 mm.

National Geographic's World map is the standard by which all other reference maps are measured. The World map is meticulously researched and adheres to National Geographic's convention of making independent, apolitical decisions based on extensive research using multiple authoritative source.

The Decorator style World map uses a vibrant color palette that fills each country for easy identification and stunning shaded relief that will stand out as a beautiful piece of cartographic artistry. Drawn in the Winkel Tripel projection, distortions are minimized and unlike many other World maps, Greenland is show the same size as Argentina and not as the size of all of South America.

Thousands of place names are carefully and artistically placed on the map to maintain legibility even in the heavily populated ares of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Details include clearly defined international boundaries, cities, physical features, rivers, and ocean floor features. Corner inset maps feature vegetation and land use, and population density as well as the north and south polar regions.

The map is encapsulated in heavy-duty 1.6 mil laminate which makes the paper much more durable and resistant to the swelling and shrinking caused by changes in humidity. Laminated maps can be framed without the need for glass, so the fames can be much lighter and less expensive.

Map Scale = 1:36,384,000 or 1 inch = 614 miles
Sheet Size = 46" x 30"